Pole-tip.



PATENTED JULY 26, 1904. Y W. AINLAY. I

POLE TIP.-

APPLIOATIIOIN FILED 001212, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented J'uly 26, 1904.

FFICE.

ATENT WILLIAM AINLAY, OF BRUSSELS, CANADA.

POLE-TIP- SPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,011,dated. July 26, 1904,

Application filed October 12, 1903. Serial No. 176,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM AINLAY, of Brussels, in the county ofHuron, Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pole-Tips; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

Myinvention, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed,relates to devices for securing neck-yokes to poles.

The object of my invention is a pole-tip by which the neck-yoke willcarry the pole in such a manner that the reins will not be caught by anyprojection.

Figure 1 is a bottom view of my improved pole-tip fitted to a pole andshown in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same withthe swivel open. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is an endview of the same; and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the same on line 5,Figs. 1 and 3.

A is the pole.

B is a socket, partly open at the sides 2 and conveniently produced incast metal, holes being provided near the open ends for screws B, bywhich said socket is firmly connected to the pole end when fitted andinserted in said socket, as shown. The forward or closed end of thesocket is thinned down laterally from both sides by a tapering curve orbevel, avoiding a square shoulder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to form anose 5, which is shaped into a partial ring by being rounded in contourfrom the top downward and by an eye 3, open below to form a gap 4:. Theeye is of sufficient size to accommodate a neck-yoke ring, and the gap 4is just wide enough to admit said ring into the eye.

The gap 4 is closed by a swivel C, pivoted to and bearing with a broadbase on a flat face 6, formed on the lower part of the socket, byaheaded and shouldered studD, passing upward through the swivel, socket,and pole, and having the shoulder (Z drawn tight against the face of thesocket by lock-nuts D at the threaded upper end. The forward end 0 ofsaid swivel extends upward, conforming to the contour and forming partof the ring I) to which it is joined laterally by a scarfed lap-joint 5,as seen in Fig. 4E. The swivel has a tail 0, projecting rearwardly, thusforming a lever of the first class. A spring E, secured to the underside of the pole at c and a, has its free end 6 inserted into a shortgroove in the free end of the tail 0' and operates to press the swivellaterally, so as to keep the joint 5 closed.

To prevent the swivel C being opened too far, a stop is provided on thesocket by a lug b placed close to the pivot-joint of the swivel, againstwhich lug the tail 0 abuts when the swivel is opened for the purpose ofinserting or removing a neck-yoke ring. Between the pivot-joint hub 0 ofthe swivel and the point 0 the swivel is deepened by a rib 0 As inoperation the pole-tip is supported by the neck-yoke ring, the nose 6 issuspended in the latter, and its bearing-surface does not extenddownward as far as the lap-joint 5. or at least not below the same.There is therefore no strain on the swivel C caused by the neck-yokering. In opening and closing the ring 6 for the insertion or removal ofthe neckyoke ring the swivel G has merely to be pushed to one sideagainst the pressure of the spring E, and the latter closes the jointagain automatically when the pressure ceases.

I claim as my invention- 1. A pole-tip consisting of a socket fittingupon the end of the pole and tapering laterally to a nose shaped into aring having-a gap on the under side, a swivel pivoted to a facing on theunder side of the socket and adapted to swing laterally thereon andhaving its forward end turned up and shaped into a part of a ring andclosing the gap in the other part with a lateral lap-joint and a springsecured to the under side of the pole and having its free end engagingthe tail of the swivel and pressing the lap-joint together,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a pole of a socket fitting upon its end andprovided with screwholes for securing the same in its position andprovided at its forward part of the under side with a facing for aswivel, a nose on the forward end of said socket formed into a partialring having a gap below, a double -ended swivel seated on the facing onthe lower part of the socket and having its forward end project upwardand shaped to close the gap and complete the ring and lap-jointedthereto laterally, a headed and shouldered pivot-stud passing throughsaid swivel, socket and pole and secured at its other end, a springsecured to the under side of the pole and having its free end inengagement with the tail end of the swivel and pressing laterally tokeep the lap-joint at the front closed, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with a pole of a socket fitting upon its end andprovided with screwholes for securing the same in its position, a noseformed on the forward end of said socket by tapering laterally and saidnose formed into a ring having a gap below, a tail-ended swivel on theunder side of said socket pivoted to swing laterally and having itsforward end project upward and shaped to close the gap and complete thering and lap-jointed thereto laterally, a headed and shoulderedpivot-stud passing up through said swivel, socket and pole and securedat the upper end, a stop-lug on said socket limiting the play of theswivel, a spring on the under side engaging the tail of the swivel andpressing it laterally to close the lap-joint at the front, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed, in the presence of the undersignedwitnesses, at Brussels, Ontario, this 13th day of October,

WILLIAM AINLAY. Witnesses:

A. CoNsLEY, S. MOLAUGHLIN.

